Talk:Picea abies

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capitalization[edit]

shouldn't it be Norway spruce etc. Not with a capital S

Fixed—Kelvinsong (talk) 21:29, 11 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

oldest known?[edit]

Is this truly the oldest-known tree? The referenced article states that there is an unbroken, 9000-year-long series of clones of the same tree, but it does not state that the same tree has been alive for 9000 years. Christopher.secord (talk) 21:51, 17 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You're right. As far as I can tell, the Umea University press release is simply wrong. This Norway Spruce is neither the oldest clone (Pando (tree)), nor the oldest individual tree (Methuselah (tree)). I've edited the article to reflect this. --Allen (talk) 20:01, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

After doing some more reading, I'm guessing that the researchers who found this tree (Old Tjikko) are claiming it's the "oldest tree" because actual tissue (albeit root tissue) has been dated at 9550 years. Presumably this is not true of Pando; there's no mention in that article of the oldest tissue found from that clone. And Methuselah, of course, has the oldest trunk tissue found. So I guess the real story is that Old Tjikko is the clonal tree from which the oldest living tissue has been found. If someone can find a reliable source to confirm that I'm reading this right, it would be useful. --Allen (talk) 20:17, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Common name of tree[edit]

What is a common name of tree in English. I was told that common spruce and not norway spruce. Is it true? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.76.37.198 (talk) 14:04, 18 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

- no that is the German name — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.95.7.64 (talk) 16:12, 21 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pineapple galls[edit]

There are three images of pineapple galls on this article, and yet no mention of galls or pseudocones in the text. Richigi (talk) 20:00, 16 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Citations[edit]

Some of the journal citations are exceptionally long (one has over 50 authors). For ease of future editing, I applied list-defined referencing. This should not affect future editors who wish to add citations but are not familiar with LDR--any citation added inline will behave in the same manner as before. Richigi (talk) 23:18, 23 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Distribution map(s)[edit]

Two distribution maps are now shown on the page. @Darekk2: added a second map from IUCN Red List spatial data, with large disjunctions in Poland. According Adam Boratyński (2007) at page 47: "The reduction Norway spruce presence and abundance in the lowland areas between the Carpathians and the northern contiguous portion of the species range [in Poland] is likely the result of human activities, mainly the deforestations beginning in the Middle Ages, the drainage of numerous wetlands, and silvicultural practices over the last two centuries." I would suggest to take a position and show one map. Giovanni Caudullo (talk) 08:11, 9 August 2019 (UTC)[reply]

In Iceland[edit]

Norway spruce was introduced to Iceland at some point and is widespread here. Also Oslo gives Reykjavik a Christmas tree every year and has done since 1951. The tree used to be shipped from Norway, but the last few years a Picea sitchensis is harvested in Iceland instead.

This is an article about the yearly gift of tree from Oslo on the Icelandic wiki: https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93sl%C3%B3artr%C3%A9%C3%B0

And here is information on the species in Iceland: https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rau%C3%B0greni Valar (talk) 17:39, 23 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Picea abies, commonly known as the Norway spruce, is a species of spruce native to northern, central and eastern Europe. It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, at 9 to 17 centimetres (3.5 to 6.7 in) long. It is very closely related to the Siberian spruce, which replaces it east of the Ural Mountains, and with which it hybridizes freely. The Norway spruce has a wide distribution of planting for its wood, and is the species used as the main Christmas tree in several countries around the world. It was the first gymnosperm to have its genome sequenced. This young female Norway spruce cone, with a length of 43 millimetres (1.7 in) at the time of pollination, was photographed in Keila, Estonia.

Photograph credit: Ivar Leidus

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